[mattfields]

Speculative guess, but it sounds like intentional collusion/coercion between government and big corporations.

ie: Brazilian government demands Microsoft to grant them MITM access from Windows machines, in order for the right to do business in the country.

[bawolff]

That seems very unlikely to me.

Governments are usually sneaky with their evil plans. It is simply too hard to get away with something like that to make it a viable. Case in point, the fact you are reading about it on hn.